Spring 2025/Session Two: Active Listening and Assertiveness-

  Session Two: Theme - “Active Listening and Assertiveness

 

Welcome and Introductions:(all)

            • rename and number all participants

Agenda Preview: JJ

 

Zoom reminders RR

Blog Resources RR

 

Community Agreements: JJ

 

 

Guided Meditation: (JJ) 

Gathering:  ( RR) A way that I normally act when disagreeing with another person is..."

            

Exercise: 

            •   “Active Listening” JJ (breakout rooms)

 Light and Lively:  JJ

Exercise: Assertiveness RR 

            • Brainstorm

            • Role Plays in Pairs (breakout rooms)

Closing:JA

                        

Reflections and Toolbox: RR/JJ

Resources: 

• Matt DiGeronimo, "Tough Conversations Without Conflict," The Curious Leader, 3/8/25 Link to Site

ª Dr. John Grobol, "Become a better listener, active listener, 10/8/18 Link to site

• active listening example, Sheldon and Amy, Big Bang Theory, Link to site

• David Brooks interviewed by Walter Issacson, "How to Know a Person", Amanpour  & Co., Link to Site

• "Beach Imagery," South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department., 2017 Link to Site

• "When You Hear the Word Violence?, AVP USA Link to Site

• Julian Treasure, " 5 Ways to Listen Better," TED Talk, 2011, Link to Site

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after.

                                              Anne Morrow Lindbergh